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7 Patented May 1,1883.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAX SEILER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

\ COMBINED CAPE AND HOOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,720, dated May 1, 1883.

Application led January 30, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX SELLER, of New York, in the county and State of New York,

have invented an Improved Combined Cape and Hood, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a perspective view showing my improved garment in use as a cape. Fig.'2 is a perspective view showing it in use as a hood; Fig. 3 is a detail face view on an enlarged scale, showing the slit near the apex ofthe hood. y

The object of this invention is to produce, as a separate and distinct garment, a fur-covered cape, ot' which the back portion is made with an opening, so that the entire garment can, it' desired, be used as a hood wherewith to cover the head of the wearer and protect the neck on all sides, leaving only the face ex posed.

My invention consists in combining the ordinary cape with a back extension having such an opening as to permit oi its useas a hood.

It also consists in providing said hood-opening with an extension-slit, for purposes herciuafter mentioned.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents my new garment. The same is made in forni'of a cape with wings iii front, adapted to tit over the shoulders and around the neck of the wearer, as shown inFig. 1, the wings being buttoned infront. At the back of this cape is a downward extension, a, of which the outer portion is made ot' fur, b, and theinner lining, d, of silk or other material.` The two parts b d of this extensiona are joined together only at the outer edges, and the fur covering b is cutaway in the middle, so as to leave an open space, c, through which the lining d is exposed to view. When this garment is to be changed from a cape to a hood, as in Fig. 2, the portion a., that extended from the back of the cape, is turned up and the head inserted through the opening e, while the front wings ot" the garment are thenrbuttoned beneath the chin, so that the garment will protect the neck on all sides,andalso the head,

leaving only the face exposed.

In order to make apropert and to prevent the hood from binding on the head, there is a slit made in that part of the fur covering b which forms the apex ofthe attachment a next to the opening e. This slit is indicated at f in the drawings, and more particularlyshown Y in Fig. 3.

I am aware that overcoats and niantles ot' various kinds have already been provided with hood attachments that could be drawn over the head when required without disturbing the position ot' the rest of the garment. Such a garment I distinctly disclaim. My garment diliers from those heretofore made in that it is in every part of its structure changed from its positionlas a-cape whenever it is to he used as a hood. Thus, for example, that portion ot' the collar of the cape which is indicated hy the letter g in Fig. l, and which lits against the back ot' the neck when the garment is worn as a cape, is 4entirely reversed and placed with the fur side against the neck when the gai'- nient is worn as a hood. Those portions ofthe garment which, when it is worn as a cape, cover the shoulders, will, when it is worn as a hood, protect the front of the neck, as indicated in Fig. 2. i

' I claiml. The separate garment A, composed of a combined cape and hood, the same being provided with the extension-piece a, which is made of two thicknesses of material, b and d, the outer thickness, d, having the opening e, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a combined cape and hood having extension-piece a and opening e in the outer material, b', thereof, the slit f, formed in the outer thickness of material, b,next to the apexof the opening e, as and for the purpose specihed. MAX SEILER. Witnesses:

WILLY G. E. ScHUL'rz, HARRY SMITH. 

